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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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Brooks Byam

firms, ranging fromsmall operations to Fortune 500 companies such as The Dow Chemical Company and DelphiSaginaw Steering Systems, are based. The ABET accredited mechanical engineering undergraduateprogram resides within the College of Science, Engineering and Technology. The SVSUmechanical engineering capstone design experience has some projects sponsored externally byregional industry and some projects sponsored internally. In 1998, a group of SVSU studentsparticipated in Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Formula SAE (FSAE) competition. Thissmall dedicated group of students had limited success finishing 89 th out of 95 schools. In an

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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Bijan Sepahpour

engineering technology programs.4. Enhancement of capabilities of future engineers/educators by their involvement in the processesof research, design and development and group dynamics.5. Creation of a National Data Bank for submission and distribution of all information necessary for putting together an affordable model laboratory that may successfully address the fundamental requirements of undergraduate experimentation in mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery.Collaboration with colleagues may further enhance the quality of the proposed model laboratory,which may then be considered for adaptation and implementation on a national scale.II - THE PROBLEMWith the start of the new millennium and expected global competition in nearly

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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Max Rabiee

, 80X86 IBM PC and Compatible Computers: Design and Interfacing of IBM PC, PS and Compatible Computers, Volume II, Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000 3. Motorola Literature Distribution; P.O. Box 20291; Phoenix, Arizona 85036 4. Electronic Industries Association (EIA), Consumer Electronic Group, Washington, D.C.Max Rabiee earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1987. He is an AssociateProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Rabiee is aregistered professional engineer, and a member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), theInstitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), the National Association of

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Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

scientific careers. Journal ofCollege Science Teaching, 8(1), 48-50.12 Stromquist, (1997).13 Sadker, & Sadker. (1994).14 Stromquist, (1997).15 Besterfield-Sacre, M., Atman, C. J., & Shuman, L. J. (1997). Characteristics of freshman engineering students:Models for determining student attrition in engineering. Journal of Engineering Education. April. 139-149.16 Felder, R. M, Felder, G. N., Mauney, M., Hamrin, C. E., & Deitz, E. J (1995, April). A longitudinal study ofengineering student performance and retention III. Gender differences in student performance and attitudes. Journalof Engineering Education, 151-163.17 Gallaher, J. & Pearson, F. (2000, July). Women’s perceptions of the climate in engineering technology

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Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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Rachel Callison; Bob Lorence; Dan Budny; Kate Thomes

the opportunity to link the activeprocess of conducting research and writing to sound, scientific content in the form of aconference paper. This activity also provided the instructors with an additional assessment tooloutside of the limits of more traditional assessment measures.The underlying premise is that all students, no matter what their gender, cultural, or demographicbackgrounds, can learn! In a recent report on its review of undergraduate education, theAdvisory Committee to the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and HumanResources concluded that “… while K – 12 programming can expand the pool of those interestedin pursing careers in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, & Technology, it is at theundergraduate

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Issues in Physics and Engineering

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David Probst

committee were: Allen Gathman, Committee Chair, Departmentof Biology; Bjorn Olesen, Department of Chemistry; Helen Hays, Department of ComputerScience; Mike Aide, Department of Geosciences; Tim Ray, Department of Mathematics, andDavid Probst, Department of Physics.Bibliography1. Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD, 2000.2. University Studies Handbook, Southeast Missouri State University. Also see http://ustudies.semo.edu .DAVID K. PROBSTDavid K. Probst, P.E. is Chairman and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Southeast Missouri StateUniversity. He received the B.A. in Physics from Thomas More College, the B.E.E. from the University of Dayton,and the M.E. and Ph.D. in

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Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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Mark Archibald

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Faculty preparation time: Solicitation and selection of appropriate projects requiresfaculty to invest substantial time over and above that required to advise the technicaldevelopment of a project. Gibson and Brackin, of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,estimate that for a one-semester course in which the industry-sponsored design projectcounts 50% of the grade, faculty must spend 115 to 200 hours on project selection beforethe semester begins (Gibson and Brackin1.) Considering advising a design project is atime-intensive task, this extra workload may be considered

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Engineering Economy Education Research

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John Ristroph

/emgt/faculty/ristroph, presentation notes, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001. BiographyDr. John H. Ristroph is a Professor of Engineering and Technology Management and a registered professional engi-neer in Louisiana. His B.S. and M.S. are from LSU, and his Ph.D. is from VPI&SU, all in industrial engineering. Hehas taught engineering economics for over thirty years, and enjoys bringing his research into the classroom. Hispractical experience includes serving as Director of Policy and Planning for the Louisiana Department of NaturalResources where he performed numerous large-scale economic analyses

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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William Dillard

simulation versus laboratory experience, and the sequencing of instruction, in teaching logic circuits,” Ph.D. diss., Iowa State University, 1989, Abstract in Dissertation Abstracts International 51: 96-A.3. Garren, W.S. 1990, “An experimental evaluation of using computer-aided design simulations in teaching basic electronics at the college level,” Ed.D. diss., North Carolina State University, 1990, Abstract in Dissertation Abstracts International 51: 1141-A.4. Hall, T.M., 2000, “Using simulation software for electronics engineering technology laboratory instruction,” 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, St. Louis: American Society Engineering Education.5. Nelson, V., Nagle, H., Carroll, C., Irwin, J., Digital Logic

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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Carlos Mendieta; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

., Central Washington Univ., and Oregon Institute of Technology. He has research at NASAAmes Research Center, Oak Ridge Natl. Labs, and Electro Scientific Industries in Portland.CARLOS MENDIETACarlos Mendieta received a M.S. from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He is working as a software analystin a software development company in Corpus Christi TX Page 7.929.10 "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education"

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Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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William Janna

, Monterey, CA, 1998.See also: http://www.people.memphis.edu/~herffcoll/mech4314.htmlBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJohn I. Hochstein—John I. Hochstein joined the faculty of The University of Memphis in 1991 and currentlyholds the position of Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to engineering education, hisresearch interests include simulation of micro gravity processes and computational modeling of fluid flows with freesurfaces. He is a co-author of a textbook, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, with P. Gerhart and R. Gross and is anAssociate Fellow of AIAA. Dr. Hochstein received a B.E. degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology (1973),an M.S.M.E. degree from The Pennsylvania State University (1979), and a Ph.D. from The

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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Steven Spencer; Amy Bell

collecting the data inthis experiment. This work was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.References1. Spencer, S.J., Steele, C.M., and Quinn, D.M., “Stereotype Threat and Women’s Math Performance,” Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, vol. 35, pp. 4-28, 1999.2. Dalmedico, A.D., “Sophie Germain,” Scientific American, pp. 117-122, December 1991.3. National Science Foundation (NSF), “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 1998,” NSF 99-87, Washington, D.C., 1999.4. Engineering Workforce Commission of the AAES, “Engineering and Technology Enrollments,” AAES, Washington, D.C., 1998 and 1999.5. Virginia Tech Fact Book, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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John Buck; Kathleen Wage; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

Session 1532 The Signals and Systems Concept Inventory Kathleen E. Wage Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering George Mason University, VA John R. Buck Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Darmouth, MA Thad B. Welch Department of Electrical Engineering U.S. Naval Academy, MD Cameron H. G

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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Wendy Reffeor; Jeffrey Ray

Technological University and aPh.D. from Vanderbilt University. His primary teaching responsibilities are First-year engineering courses andcoordinating the Senior Capstone Design sequence. Page 7.654.15 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

Biomedical Engineering (BME) represents a merger between traditional engineeringdisciplines such as mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering and the biology-baseddisciplines of life sciences and medicine. This merger was prompted by the need to improveprocedures such as diagnostic testing, noninvasive surgical techniques, and patient rehabilitation.In the last twenty years, BME has evolved into one of the fastest growing fields while having asignificant impact on medicine, biotechnology, and basic science.The multidisciplinary nature of Biomedical Engineering creates particular challenges on theeducational front. Medical technology changes at such a rapid pace that classroom practitionersare hard pressed to keep abreast of advancements in

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Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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Theodore Zern; Richard Grabiec

within the chosen college community. Two conceptsclearly emerge from the literature: 1) successful freshman are more satisfied when theyfeel that their learning will somehow have usefulness in later life; and, 2) freshman needto understand and accept the relevancy of the college experience to their personaldevelopment. (Gardner and Upcraft, 1989) To foster realization of these conditions forits first-year students, the School of Engineering implemented a unique partnership withrecent engineering alumni. The Alumni Mentoring Program (AMP) pairs first-yearengineering students as protégés with recent engineering alumni as mentors to provideregular opportunity for learning beyond the classroom. The AMP is configured within thecontext of a required

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Integrating Math and Engineering

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William Szaroletta

) Algebraic/Calculus Method: This method works well where there is a continuous function that is easily differentiable. Technology students typically take calculus as a co- requisite making broad application of these methods difficult. Goldberg 7 points out that Page 7.749.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education calculus-based methods are based on the existence of “quadratic objective functions, ideal constraints and ever-present derivatives”. 2) Exhaustive Search Method: This

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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Sheldon Jeter

Standard,Washington, D. C., 28 September.3. ISO, 1985, International Organization for Standardization, 1982, “Documentation –Presentation of scientific and technical reports”, International Organization for Standardization,Geneva, 15 March.4. Jeter, S. M., 2002, “Introductory Lecture on Report Preparation”, ME 4053 EngineeringSystems Laboratory, the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, GeorgiaInstitute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 11 January, available on line at .5. Jeter, S. M., 2002, “Generic Guideline and Check List”, ME 4053 Engineering SystemsLaboratory, the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Atlanta, GA, 4 January, available on line at .6. Jeter, S. M. and J. A

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Design in the Engineering Core

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Sanford Meek; Mark Minor

, USA, 1999, IEEE, p. 598-604.4. Devasia, S. and S. Meek, "PC's and micro-controllers in mechatronics education." Technology-Based Re- Engineering Engineering Education Proceedings of Frontiers in Education FIE'96 26th Annual Conference, New York, NY, USA, 1996, IEEE, p. 966-9 vol.2.5. Kurfess, T.R., "Mechatronics and early mechanical design." 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings. AIM '01, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2001, IEEE, p. 990-3 vol.2.6. Gardner, J.F., J.S. Lamancusa, and H.J. Sommer, III., "Mechatronics II: advanced mechatronics for mechanical engineering students." 1999 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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Gaby Hawat

specializedarticulated AA degree where those fundamental engineering classes (such as Introductionto the Engineering Profession, Statics, Dynamics, Engineering Graphics, Probability andStatistics for Engineers, Principles of Electrical Engineering) will transfer to a four-yearuniversity. VCC currently has two articulated agreements in place sanctioning thecollege’s ability to offer engineering courses for transfer credit. One is with theUniversity of Central Florida, the other and most recent is with the University of Miami.In addition, Valencia offers a two-year Associate in Science degree in ElectronicsEngineering Technology. This program is designed for students who seek immediateappointment in the fields of Electronic Engineering Technology. However

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Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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D. Joseph Mook

engineering students, (although the numbers have increased in the last few years.) Thesefigures, in and of themselves, mandate that we do more to encourage an international experienceon the part of our own undergraduate engineering students. This is particularly important sincetechnology has been a (if not the) dominant driver for development in the United States bothfrom a technological as well as financial point of view. Information Technology specifically hasdramatically shrunk our world and made it a virtual work place with telecommuting and distancelearning. Multinational companies have become the rule and not the exception. Consequently,the impact of technology is felt both in a cultural and societal sense overall, especially in thepervasive

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Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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Thomas Litzinger

oath. This statement led to a discussion of the Order of the Engineer and alsostatements on professional practice from several engineering societies.After the essays were returned and discussed in class, two classes were spent discussinginteractions of engineers and society. Topics discussed included the different ways in which theinteraction occurs, the different types of justice as tools for considering effects of technology onsociety, and the difficulties inherent in cost-benefit analyses. One particularly provocative issuediscussed was the fact that typical costing methodology places a lower value on the life of awoman than on the life of a man, based upon estimates of lost wages.The students then received the second part of the assignment

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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Tonya Emerson

Session 1815 Enhancing Student’s Understanding of Key Engineering Concepts Through the Use of Civil Engineering Toys in the Classroom. Assistant Professor Tonya Emerson Civil Engineering, California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0930I. AbstractAssisting students in developing a solid understanding of the many conceptual ideas presented inour undergraduate engineering courses is a significant task. In one key course, Mechanics ofMaterials, the abstract and sometimes intangible ideas of stress and strain, and what causes them,continue to be a great source of confusion for our engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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John Burger

accept a mistaken view. Eades’ readers may notagree with him. However, it can be admitted that he contributes a useful thought, since anyorganization can easily fall into the trap of trying to reach beyond reasonable bounds. Usefulthoughts may exert a corrective influence, and possibly help avoid a destructive crisis later.Proposal – Specify that EAC encourage and accredit engineering technology programs at thebaccalaureate level. That is, TAC would accredit only 2-year programs while EAC wouldaccredit only 4-year programs.Reasons in favor discussed below 1. Joining the two would eliminate considerable duplication of accreditation criteria. 2. Joining the two would help clarify the term ‘engineer’ 3. Engineering as a profession would

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Capstone Experiences in OME Education

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Francis DiBella; Eric Hansberry; Guido Lopez

Session 2452 Marine and Related Mini Design Problems Presented in an Introductory Engineering Graphics Course Eric W. Hansberry, Associate Professor, Francis A. DiBella, Assistant Professor, And Guido W. Lopez, Assistant Professor Northeastern University School of Engineering Technology 360 Huntington Avenue, Room 120 SN Boston, MA 02115-5096

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New Programs and Success Stories

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Brian Dickson

Session 2342 The Role of Masters degrees in Technology & Business to promote CPD for Engineering Professionals B R Dickson Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.AbstractThere is an increasing realisation that the MBA approach to career development is not the mostrelevant form of education & training for engineers. During the mid 1990’s, the UK’sEngineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) funded over 20

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New MET Course Development

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Slade Gellin

Session 3448 DEVELOPMENT OF A COURSE IN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST Slade Gellin, Ph.D. Department of Technology Buffalo State College Buffalo, NY 14222AbstractAn elective, senior level course in finite element analysis is developed for incorporation into amechanical engineering technology program. The curriculum for the course is developed withthe varied roles of the mechanical engineering technologist in

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Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

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David Bahr

Session 2356 AN UPPER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE ON MATERIALS FOR NON-ENGINEERING STUDENTS M. Grant Norton, David F. Bahr School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-2920IntroductionTo increase the awareness of materials among the general student population at WashingtonState University (WSU) we developed a new course, MSE 440 Materials: The Foundations ofSociety and Technology. This course is taught as a Tier III course in the General EducationProgram and was offered for the first time in Fall 2000, and

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Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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Andrzej Filipkowski; Krzysztof Zaremba

Session 2360 Internationalization of engineering education in European pre-accession countries: the Polish case Andrzej Filipkowski, Ph.D, D.Sc, IEEE Fellow, SEFI Fellow, Krzysztof Zaremba, Ph.D. Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, PolandAbstractA new challenge in the education area, especially in engineering, was opened up when theCentral and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) joined the free world in 1990. M anyelements of education had to be changed with a view to preparing our engineers for enteringthe European labor

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Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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Julia Williams

Session 1399 Instilling a Sense of Civic Responsibility in Engineering Students Through Technical Communication Julia M. Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Technical Communication Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIn his address to the 23rd Annual American Association for the Advancement of ScienceColloquium on Science and Technology, Neal Lane, assistant for science and technology to thenPresident Bill Clinton and director of the White House Office of